六朝四大家 liù cháo sì dà jiā

DEFINITIONS

  1. Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties, namely: Cao Buxing 曹不興|曹不兴[Cao2 Bu4 xing1], Gu Kaizhi 顧愷之|顾恺之[Gu4 Kai3 zhi1], Lu Tanwei 陸探微|陆探微[Lu4 Tan4 wei1] and Zhang Sengyou 張僧繇|张僧繇[Zhang1 Seng1 you2]

CHARACTERS

六 liù number six
朝 cháo dynasty; morning
四 sì four
大 dà big, great, vast, large, high
家 jiā house, home, residence; family